Jane is a kind of business card in ancient China, usually made of paper. Since Wu Zetian was the emperor and had a special status, her name card was made of gold.
Archaeologists have discovered that only one jade slip, silver slip, or gold slip was used by the emperor in Chinese history.
In the spring of 699 AD, 76-year-old Wu Zetian went to visit Songshan Mountain.
Unexpectedly, not long after arriving in Songshan, he fell ill.
She issued an order to the minister Yan Chaoyin to pray to the Songshan God, asking the mountain god to bless her and get well soon.
After receiving the imperial edict, Yan Chaoyin first shaved off all his hair, then fasted and bathed, then crouched on a large plate and placed himself on the altar as a sacrifice instead of the usual pig and sheep offerings.
Yan Chaoyin was on the altar, praying devoutly for Wu Zetian.
Unexpectedly, Wu Zetian's illness actually improved after a few days.
Wu Zetian attached great importance to Buddhism in her early years, and she always claimed that she was the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha.
But in her later years, after a serious illness, she became obsessed with Taoism, because Taoism pays attention to health preservation and preaches that people can live forever.
At that time, there was a Taoist priest named Hu Chao who was deeply trusted by Wu Zetian.
In addition to insisting on taking the "magic elixir" offered by Hu Chao on time, she also yearned for the fairy world he preached.
In her final years, Wu Zetian became more and more afraid of death and often had nightmares.
She doesn't want to leave this world with this feeling of guilt, what should she do?
Seeing Wu Zetian's worries, Taoist Hu suggested that she make a gold slip, carve her own sins on it, and throw it to Songshan Mountain on a good and auspicious day to pray to the gods for atonement and to get rid of her sins in the world.
After hearing this, Wu Zetian seemed to have grasped at straws and immediately ordered Hu Chao to supervise the making of gold slips.
The Wu Zhao Golden Slip is a blessing slip and an atonement slip.
In addition to praying for longevity, atonement is also one of the important contents carried by this gold slip.
The content includes both confessions to love rivals and confessions to children.
It is not only a repentance to her husband, but also a repentance to the world and Confucianism.
All the things that made her feel uneasy deep down in her heart, she hoped to be forgiven through Jin Jian.
After the gold slips were made, Taoist Hu specially chose to come to Songshan Mountain on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month to perform rituals on the top of the mountain and pay homage to heaven on Wu Zetian's behalf to atone for his sins.
The reason why Wu Zetian chose the "Qixi Festival" to throw slips to Mount Song was because the seventh day of the seventh lunar month was known as the "Qiao Qiao" festival.
Legend has it that this is the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl cross the Tianhe River and meet at the Magpie Bridge. The stars in the sky are the most effective.
Afterwards, Hu Chao threw the gold slips on Junji Peak, the highest peak of Songshan Mountain.
According to the Taoist priest Hu Chao, as long as Wu Zetian buried the gold slips written to the gods of Songshan Mountain and various gods behind Songshan Mountain, she could get rid of her sins and obtain the blessing and protection of God.
Wu Zetian hoped to repent through the golden slips.
The specific content of her confession is not written on the golden slips.
The inscription of less than 100 words reads: "Wuzhao, the lord of the Great Zhou Dynasty (country), Haole Zhendao, the Immortal Immortal, wishes to visit Zhongyue Song Gaoshan Gate to cast gold slips and beg the three officials and nine houses to remove Wu Zhao's crime. Tai Sui Gengzi July Jia Shenshuo
On the seventh day, Hu Chao, the young envoy of Jiayin, came to pay his respects and pay homage again."
The general idea of this inscription is that Emperor Wu Zhao of the Great Zhou Kingdom, who believed in the true god of Taoism, handed this gold slip to the gods of heaven and earth at Songshan Mountain in Zhongyue, asking the gods to remove Wu Zhao's sins in the world.
The "three officials" in the inscription are the Taoist honorific names for heaven, earth and water, while the "jiufu" generally refers to the caves of gods and goddesses in all directions.
In the fourth year after investing the gold slips, that is, in 705 AD, Wu Zetian left this world.
So, why is there no record of this gold slip in the history books?
This is because Wu Zetian founded the country on Buddhism, and she may not have wanted others to know that she had turned to Buddhism in her later years and prayed for immortality.
This precious gold slip, carrying the Queen's secret history, slept on Songshan Mountain for more than a thousand years until it was discovered by Qu Xihuai.
Today, this Wuzhao gold slip is collected in the Nanhe Museum of China as an important cultural relic.
The existence of the golden slips silently tells people the absurd story of Empress Wu Zetian in her later years.
Since Wu Zetian's mausoleum, Qianling, has not yet been excavated, this gold slip has become one of the precious cultural relics directly related to Wu Zetian.
At the same time, it can also let people understand Wu Zetian's unique personality and inner world.
In the history of China, many things are vague. Only by continuous digging and exploration by our descendants can we fill the gaps and show its true face to the world.
Including some controversial issues in history, there is just no evidence to prove whether they are true, and there is not enough reason to convince.
History tells the story of the past, and there is bound to be some ambiguity in it.
Moreover, when people in the past wrote history books, they must have brought some of their own subjective emotions into them.
Therefore, we cannot 100% believe that the past is the truth.
Sometimes the truth actually beautifies the characters and events of that era to a certain extent.
We need to discover these with our own eyes and use cultural relics to prove them. Just like the evaluation of Wu Zetian in Chinese history, there are mixed reviews.
If you look through history, you will find that this metal piece was used by many emperors in ancient times.
This kind of thing called Jane should record the most authentic part of history!
Because it is something dedicated to the gods. In the ancient world where there were gods and Buddhas everywhere, no one would dare to deceive the gods, right?
Bamboo slips have been around since ancient times. During the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties, bamboo slips were popular among the people and were mainly used for writing and recording.
After the rise of Taoism in the Eastern Han Dynasty, bamboo slips were gradually used by Taoism as a tool to communicate with heaven.
In the Tang Dynasty, emperors began to worship Taoism, and this gold slip is a type of Taoist dragon-throwing slip.
The wisher writes his or her wish on a slip and places a small golden dragon to send letters, appeal to the gods, and pray for the gods' blessings.
Then the Jane, the golden dragon, the jade, etc. were thrown into the famous mountains, rivers, lakes and seas together.
Among the known physical objects, the earliest emperor to cast a bamboo slip was the gold slip that Wu Zetian cast into Songshan Mountain in Zhongyue. In order to seek immortality, she had her sins removed.
Later, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty dropped copper slips at Hengshan Mountain in Nanyue, Qian Liu, the founding emperor of Wuyue State, dropped silver slips, and Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty Zhao Ji dropped jade slips.
Most of its content is to pray for longevity, peace and prosperity for the country and the people.
Holding the piece in his hand and weighing it, Chen Wenzhe knew that it was a rectangular gold slip made of gold with a purity of 96%.
According to his judgment, this gold slip should weigh 228.5 grams and its purity exceeds 96%, which is to say, a little more.
This gold slip is like a thin piece of yellow paper, with 63 Chinese characters in double-hook regular script engraved on the front. The content is that Wu Zetian begged the three officials and nine palaces to get rid of her sins. It is signed "Seventh day of the seventh lunar month in the first year of Tang Jiushi (AD 700)".
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Since the inscription contains the words "Abandoning Sins", this gold slip should also be a "gold slip to abort sins".
Since a gold slip for exorcism was discovered earlier, what happened to the one in Chen Wenzhe's hands now?